Jeremiah 48:20

Confounded is Moab! For it is broken down! Howl and make outcry,—Tell ye in Arnon, That Moab is spoiled;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; and tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

In Context

19Near the way, take thy stand and keep outlook, O inhabitress of Aroer: Ask—him that fleeth, and Her that hath escaped, Say, What hath happened?

21And, judgment, hath come Upon the country of the table-land,—Upon Holon, and Upon Jazer and Upon Mephaath;

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Cross References

Numbers 21:13From thence, brake they up, and encamped on the other side of Arnon which is in the desert, that cometh forth out of the boundary of the Amorites,—for, Arnon, is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon and the city that is in the ravine even as far as Gilead, there was not a fortress that proved too high for us,—the whole, did Yahweh our God deliver up before us.

Judges 11:18Then journeyed they through the desert, and went round the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and so came, from the rising of the sun, to the land of Moab, but encamped beyond Arnon,—and entered not within the boundary of Moab, for, Arnon, is the boundary of Moab.

Isaiah 15:8For the outcry hath gone round the boundary of Moab,—As far as Eglaim, the howling thereof, And to Beer-elim, the howling thereof.

Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall, Moab, howl for, Moab, All that belong to her, shall wail,—For the ruins of Kir-hareseth, shall they moan out Utterly stricken!

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:15-47

The Judgment of Moab. ( b. c. 605.) 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy… Read the whole commentary →

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